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LABOUR LEGISLATIONS [1]

Paper Code: 
DBSG 511 B
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course Outcome

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

CO 141: Analyse the important definitions and provisions regarding health, safety, welfare and working hours of workers under the Factories Act, 1948

CO 142: Analyse and infer the salient definitions and provisions with respect to wages per Payment of Wages Act, 1936 and The Minimum Wages Act, 1948

CO 143: Evaluate the law governing Industrial Relation -Industrial Dispute Act, 1947

CO 144: Analyse the important social security acts like Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 and The Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1948

CO 145: Infer the application of social security acts especially for women like Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 and Equal Remuneration Act, 1976

Approach in teaching: Class room Lecture (Theory/ Using Power Point Presentation) /Discussions using Leading Case laws/

 

Learning activities for the students:

Role Play activities/ Moot Court/Group Discussions/ Class presentation 

 

Class participation, tutorial assignments and presentations, class tests, C A Test, Semester End Exams.

 

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Law on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions

The Factories Act, 1948

  • Object and Scope of the Act
  • Important Definitions (Adult, Child, Adolescent, Young Person, Day, Week, Power, Factory, Manufacturing Process, Hazardous Process, Occupier)
  • Occupier - Duties
  • Approval, Licensing & Registration of Factories
  • Health Measures
  • Safety Measures
  • Welfare Measures
  • Working Hours of Adults
  • Penalties and Procedure

 

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Laws on Wages

                                                                                           

  • The Payment of Wages Act, 1936
  • Object and Scope of the Act
  • Important Definitions (Appropriate Government, Employee, Employer, Wages)
  • Fixation of Wage Periods
  • Time and Medium of Wage Payment
  • Deductions
  • Penalties and Procedures
  • The Minimum Wages Act, 1948
  • Object and Scope of the Act
  • Important Definitions (Appropriate Government, Employee, Employer, Wages, Cost of Living Index)
  • Time Duration
  • Procedure and Manner of Fixing and Revising Minimum Wages
  • Advisory Committees and Sub- Committees – Advisory Board, Central Advisory Board, Composition of Committees
  • Penalties

 

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Laws on Industrial Relations

 

  • The Industrial Dispute Act, 1947
  • Object and Scope of the Act
  • Important Definition (Industry, Industrial Dispute)
  • Authorities for the settlement of disputes
  • Methods of settlement - collective bargaining, conciliation, arbitration and adjudication,
  • Strikes and lockouts
  • Lay off and retrenchment
  • Unfair Labour Practices
  • Penalties

 

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Laws on Social Security

 

  • The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972  
  • Objective and Scope of the Act
  • Definitions (Appropriate Government, Employee, Continuous Service, Retirement, Superannuation, Wages, Family)
  • Calculation of Gratuity
  • Payment of Gratuity
  • Forfeiture of gratuity
  • Penalties
  • The Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1948
  • Objective and Scope of the Act,
  • Definitions (Appropriate Government, Basic Wages)
  • Schemes under the Act –Employees’ Provident Fund Schemes, 1952; Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 and Employees’ Deposit-Linked Insurance Scheme, 1976
  • Penalties

 

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Laws on Social Security for Women

 

  • The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 
  • Objective and Scope of the Act
  • Definitions (Appropriate Government, Child, Delivery, Employer, Establishment, miscarriage, wages, woman)
  • Provisions relating to Payment of Maternity (in regular situation and in case of death)
  • Forfeiture of Maternity Benefit
  • Penalty

 

  • The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
  • Objective and Scope of the Act
  • Definitions (man, woman, remuneration, same work or work of similar nature)
  • Overriding effect of the Act
  • Provisions relating to the payment of remuneration at equal rates to men and women and other Matters
  • Miscellaneous Provisions

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Gupta, P. Industrial Relations and Labour Laws for Managers, Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
  • Awasthi, S.K., Labour Laws, Delhi Law House, New Delhi
  • Mamoria, C.B., Mamoria, Satish and Gankar, S.V., Dynamics of Industrial Relations, Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai, 2005, 17th ed.

 

References: 
  • Kataria, O.P., Labour Law, Delhi Law House, New Delhi
  • Nabhi, Labour Laws One should know, Delhi Law House, New Delhi
  • Monappa, Arun, Industrial Relations, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Ltd., New Delhi

 

e-RESOURCES

 

JOURNALS

·NLIU Journal for Labour and Employment Law [3]

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024 [5]

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